Re: Mosley/Mayweather, The Talker Isn't Floyd

So one of the themes of 24/7 is Shane's quiet dignity versus Floyd's supposed gift of gab. Personally, I've never found Floyd to be that good of a shit-talker. I think that's one of the reasons I don't really like him. He's got a limited repertoire. On one end of the spectrum, he's never shown a skill of metaphor, never is there, say, a floating butterfly or a bee stinging. And on the lower end of the spectrum, he's never gotten gritty street as to straight call a guy a p*ussy. He's neither Ali nor is he Bernard. Those guys were able to call themselves the best while being witty or scary or both. And Floyd's not that flexible of mind. Guy gets flustered and starts just cutting dude's off instead of being skillful with the banter.

No, the guy who needs to be heard in the series, and between rounds on May 1, is Shane's trainer Nazim Richardson. Dude's a poet. He know it. I think this guy, more than anything, scares Floyd's fans. Guy resurrects decrepit fighters, so when he talks, guys listen. And then he's got that part-oracle, part-black militant delivery which equals soothsaying. WHen he's arguing a point, he'll admit that his man could lose, but then he tells you, so vividly and colorfully and so apparently knowledgably, why his man will win.

It's hard to picture Frodo failing when he's got Gandalf backing him. Check what Nazim said in a recent Ring.com article:

Where would a victory over Mayweather rank among Mosley’s accomplishments?

“This fight may be more important,” said Richardson, referring to May 1. “Margarito was the most-dangerous fight of Shane Mosley’s life. Margarito was changing people’s lifestyles, changing the way you talk to your children. We’re not facing that kind of danger now. I don’t take Mayweather lightly, though.”

Some people suggest that Mayweather won’t be able to handle Mosley’s considerable power. Richardson’s isn’t counting on that.

He said he and Mosley must train as if Mayweather has the best chin in boxing and be able to find other ways to beat him. However, he says it in a more-entertaining way.

“I’ve said it several times before and I’ll say it again: I expect Shane to come out and hit Mayweather in the mouth with a right hand,” he said. “Mayweather will sprout wings and a tail and turn into a dragon. I tell Shane to step away from his fireballs, step on his tail and punch him in the stomach and get him out of there.

“We’re prepared for anything that comes.”

OK.